Anthracothorax Veraguensis Bird

Anthracothorax Veraguensis Bird

Anthracothorax Veraguensis Bird

English Name:  Veraguan Mango
Latin Name:  Anthracothorax veraguensis
Protonym:  Anthracothorax veraguensis Trochil.Enum. p.9
Taxonomy:  Caprimulgiformes / Trochilidae / Anthracothorax
Taxonomy Code:  verman1
Type Locality:  Veragua.
Author:  Reichenbach
Publish Year:  1855
IUCN Status:  Least Concern

DEFINITIONS

ANTHRACOTHORAX
(Trochilidae; Ϯ Green-throated Mango A. viridigula) Gr. ανθραξ anthrax, ανθρακος anthrakos  coal, carbuncle (i.e. black); θωραξ thōrax, θωρακος thōrakos  chest; "Anthracothorax.  a. weder Holle noch Abzeichen.  b. untere Theile des Körpers sammetschwarz.  c. Schnabel lang und gebogen.  d. Schwanz kupferviolet und  e. abgerundet.    Arten.  1. Troch. mango.   2. — holosericeus Gm.   3. — violaceus Gm.   4. — gramineus Gm." (Boie 1831); "Anthracothorax Boie, Isis von Oken, 1831, col. 545. Type, by subsequent designation, Trochilus violicauda Boddaert [♀] = Trochilus gramineus Gmelin [= Trochilus viridigula Boddaert [imm.♂]]. (Elliot, Classif. Syn. Trochil., 1879, p. 37.)" (Peters, 1945, V, p. 24).   
Var. Anthrocorax.   
Synon. Colubris, Endoxa, Floresia, Hypophania, Lampornis, Margarochrysis, Smaragdites.

veraguanensis / veraguensis
Veraguas Province, Panama.